Real wage cyclicality in urban China

Lili Kang and Fei Peng

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 2, 141-143

Abstract: This paper investigates the cyclical behaviour of real wages in urban China. We find wage pro-cyclicality in the public sector and in small/medium firms, but not in the private sector and in big firms.

Keywords: Real wage cyclicality; Local unemployment; Panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 J31 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.009

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